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((Short description|Species of tick))
((more citations needed |date=September 2014))
((Speciesbox
| image = Ixodes hexagonus (aka).jpg
| genus = Ixodes
| species = hexagonus
| authority = [[William Elford Leach|Leach]] 1815
))

'''''Ixodes hexagonus''''', also known by the common name '''hedgehog tick''',<ref>((Cite web|title=UK Ticks - Institute of Infection and Global Health - University of Liverpool|url=https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/infection-and-global-health/research/zoonotic-infections/tick-activity-project/uk-ticks/|access-date=2020-07-05|website=www.liverpool.ac.uk))</ref> is a [[tick]] species in the genus ''[[Ixodes]]''. It is a parasite of the [[European hedgehog]].

==Appearance==
Characteristically the female adult hedgehog tick have a heart shaped [[Scute|scutum]]. The scutum of males covers the entire idiosoma. Another characteristic feature the humped [[Arthropod_leg#Tarsus|tarsus]] on the first leg pair. In colouration they are a dark brown. There is a distinct lateral groove, festoons are sometimes apparent. 

It occurs throughout the United Kingdom, sparsely in the North West, increasing in density to the South East.<ref>((cite web|title=Tick distribution map: Ixodes hexagonus|url=http://www.hpa.org.uk/webw/HPAweb&HPAwebStandard/HPAweb_C/1317137967012|publisher=Health Protection Agency|accessdate=29 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719082649/http://www.hpa.org.uk/webw/HPAweb%26HPAwebStandard/HPAweb_C/1317137967012|archive-date=19 July 2013|url-status=dead))</ref> Although it does not usually occur on rodents or birds, and is "described as a nest-dwelling hedgehog specialist. It is also found on foxes, mustelids (including badgers), dogs and cats."<ref>((cite web|title=Ixodid Ticks: Family Ixodidae|url=http://influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Ixodid_Ticks_Ixodes.htm|website=influentialpoints.com|accessdate=29 August 2014))</ref>

==Distribution==
''Ixodes hexagonus'' is found throughout western Europe as far east as Siberia. It is widespread over this area. It is closely associated with its principal host the hedgehog.

==Habitat==
''Ixodes hexagonus'' is endophillic; it is predominantly a nest based parasite. It spends most of its life in the nest of the main hedgehog host. Thus it is buffered from the environmental conditions experienced by many other free ranging ticks such as ''I. ricinus''.

==Role in Lyme disease==
The hedgehog tick is a potentially important reservoir for ''[[Borrelia]]'' bacteria, the causative agent of [[Lyme disease]]. Studies indicate that both hedgehogs and ''I. hexagonus'' harbour ''Borrelia''. ''I. hexagonus'' may act as an important vector of Lyme disease, transmitting it from hedgehog hosts to other small mammals. Thus ultimately it may spread to large mammals and humans. ''I. hexagonus'' may be important in sustaining Lyme disease in urban location where hedgehogs are a frequently found small mammal.<ref name="Walker 2018">((cite journal|last1=Walker|first1=Mark David|title=The hedgehog tick, ''Ixodes hexagonus'' (Leach, 1815) (Acari: Ixodidae); The natural history and ecology of a nest ectoparasite|journal=Systematic and Applied Acarology|date=11 April 2018|volume=23|issue=4|pages=680|doi=10.11158/saa.23.4.9|s2cid=89704609))</ref>

==References==
((Reflist))

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[[Category:Ixodes|hexagonus]]
[[Category:Arachnids of Africa]]
[[Category:Arachnids of Europe]]
[[Category:Animals described in 1815]]
[[Category:Taxa named by William Elford Leach]]
[[Category:Lyme disease]]
[[Category:Hedgehog diseases]]


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